reconciling

VERB

make peace; adjust

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accommodate appease assuage conform coordinate harmonize integrate pacify placate rectify resolve reunite

STRONG

accord accustom arbitrate arrange attune compose conciliate cool fit intercede mediate mitigate propitiate proportion regulate settle suit tune

WEAK

bring to terms bring together bury the hatchet come together fix up get together on kiss and make up make matters up make up patch things up patch up re-establish reconciliate restore harmony win over

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agitate fight incite irritate mismatch separate upset

STRONG

argue confuse disagree disarrange disorganize disperse increase mix up refuse scatter

WEAK

divorce estrange

VERB

resign oneself to something

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accept accommodate

STRONG

resign submit yield

WEAK

get used to make the best of put up with

Antonyms

WEAK

disagree divorce estrange refuse

Example Sentences

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Reconciling the two remains one of physics’ deepest challenges.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Reconciling those two imperatives left Mr. Biden’s government and campaign advisers laboring on Wednesday to explain the competing rationales.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2024

Reconciling the needs and wants of those two sides can be a big part of the job.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2024

Reconciling these results from such very different missions is a bit like trying to piece together two sets of puzzle pieces.

From Scientific American • Jun. 8, 2023

Reconciling death had swept away all memories of Saul's insane jealousy, and he owned a brother in every one who showed kindness to the unfortunate king.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII by Maclaren, Alexander